La Dolce Henke

Artist: Mel Henke
Label: Scamp
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 017046971621
EAN: 0017046971621
ASIN: B000000IAT

Release Date: 1997-07-29

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Tracks:

The Lively Ones
Walkin' My Baby Back Home
The Twisters
Let's Put Out The Lights
Open The Door, Richard
Farmer John
Last Night On The Back Porch
It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House
All That Meat
You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?)
Baby, It's Cold Outside
Woman In Space
William Tell On The Hoof
Old McDonald Had A Girl
Exotic Adventure
See The USA In Your Chevrolet

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Customer Reviews:

The musical maestro of aural sex!.......2005-09-10

Some would categorize this Henke album as bachelor pad music. And in a sense, it is. But it's so much more than a few hip and lively tunes to enjoy with a stiff cocktail. Instead, it's a collection of musical vignettes that portray the sinister innocence of the 50's and 60's...where guys and gals engaged in playful sexuality rituals of cat and mouse.

You know that zip that pulses through your body when someone you've got a crush on looks your way and gives you a playful wink? Henke has the remarkable ability to put that feeling into a musical version that can be enjoyed over and over again.

Whereas movie music is very expressive, the addition of visuals aid in completing the `mood'. Henke does it with sound and sound only. Using a few cleverly placed instrumental sounds, the listener is able to `see' an amorous gentleman tickle his girl in hopes of making her a giddy mess and give in to carnal pleasure.

In "Open the Door, Richard", a single word is used to express 14 different emotions. It's so fun to imagine what the lady is seeing before her modest eyes! Similarly, in "Farmer John", a single word, along with the help of Mel Blanc's animal sound effects (the voice behind Bugs Bunny and other Warner Brothers cartoon sounds) tell a most colorful story.

Sure, there are snippets of lyrics throughout the songs, but what is not said with words, is revealed with amazing expression. In fact, you could listen to some of the songs and come up with a couple of different storylines...a melodious `choose your own adventure'. Sometimes, you can't help but feel like a voyeur...and that only you and Henke know what is going to happen next.

Erotic Wackiness.......2001-02-28

Attention fans of Esquivel and "incredibly strange music":
this is for you! Swingin' big bands with suggestive erotic vocals?
Sign me up! Fun 60s campiness with some pretty impressive musicianship
to boot. All these tunes are performed with "wink-wink
nudge-nudge" playfully subversive lyrics... you will actually
laugh out loud listening to this CD. Bravo to Scamp records for
resurrecting this obscure classic! (and what a cover!)

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